Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 12AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.5m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
WNW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121111111212121212111111111110101010101010171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85716671987177616811527144712561142944911806677561450408356320281227222368338339
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
SE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
1.20
11:28PM
1.51
12:29PM
1.12
11:53PM
1.51
1:21PM
1.04
12:19AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.37
6:12AM
0.00
5:40PM
0.51
6:53AM
-0.01
6:05PM
0.64
7:37AM
0.00
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:50-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:31------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312111112111519181415171919212219181818181819
Feels °C (?)6557776913151213131516191916171515151516
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